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PATENTBD MAY 12, 1903;, E. HIGGINS. GHILDS BONNET.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 22, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 12, 1903.

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CHILDS BONNET.

SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,793, dated May 12,1903.

Application filed October 22, 1902. Serial No. 128,340. (No model.) I

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Be itknown that I, MARY ELENOR HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Childs Bonnet, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a childs bonnet.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of the classdescribed which may without necessitating ripping out of seams be spreadout fiat forironing purposes and which may be adjusted to various sizesin a rapid and expeditious manner; furthermore, to provide a bonnet ofthe character specified in which by a slight change in the position ofcertain of its parts may be converted into a so-called poke-bonnet,which shall be neat and finished in appearance and which may be readilyadjusted to fit a childs head.

With these and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a childs bonnet, as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,there are illustrated two forms of embodiment of the invention, eachcapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changedas to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof, and in the drawings Figure 1 is aview in perspective of the simplest form of embodiment ofthe invention.Fig. 2 is a View in plan, showing the bonnet as it appears when spreadout for the purpose of being ironed or laundered. Fig. 3 is a view inperspective of the bonnet when the same is made in a poke pattern. Fig.4 is a perspective View showing the manner in which the parts of thebonnet are held assembled. Fig. 5 is a View in-plan, showing the bonnetspread out flat for laundry purposes.

Referring to the drawings, and to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, there isexhibited a bonnet consisting of a back flap 1 and two crown-flaps 2.The back flap is approximately conoidal in shape and is provided alongits bottom and for a part of the length of the upper portion of itssides with openings 3 to receive drawing strings or ribbonsd and 5,respectively. The openings may be formed in the material of the backflap, but in this instance are provided by attachingstrips of heading 5to the parts, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The crownflaps areapproximately semicircular in form, with their curved sides disposedinward, and the'sesidesaresimilarlyprovidedwithbeading 6 for thereception of a drawing string or ribbon 7, as clearly shown in Fig.1. Inthis form of embodiment of the invention two bonnets maybe produced, oneby detaching the crownfiaps from the back flap and lacing the crownfiapstogether, presenting thereby a simple form of bonnet constituting thenested portion shown in Fig. 1. By the addition of the back flap a pokeeffect is produced, as also shown in Fig. 1, by lacing the corner-flapstogether and then drawing up the back flap to present a puckered crown.In either form of embodiment of the invention by loosening the lacing ordrawing strings or ribbons the blank may be spread out flat to permit ofits being readily laundered.

In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 apronounced poke efiect is'produced. The back flap 8 is approximatelysemicircular in contour and is provided at its sides with plackets 9,separating from each side two flaps 10, constituting the crown-flaps,and secured to the crown flaps are two back flaps 11. The upper edge ofone of the crown-flaps is provided with buttonholes 12 to engage buttons13 on the other flaps, and the inner edges of the back flaps havebeading let attached to them for the reception of a drawing string orribbon 15. (Clearly shown in Fig. 4.) Theedgeof the crown has attachedto it suitable edging or lace 15 to give a finished appearance tothebonnet, and secured to the crown some distance back of the lacing andconcentric therewith is a beading 16 to receive a drawing string orribbon 17. The lower edge of the crown is also provided with beading 18to receive a drawing string or ribbon 19.

The crown-flaps of Fig. 2 and the back flaps of Fig. 5 are shown as cutaway at an angle to the lower edge of the blank, thus to cause the partsto fit neatly around the neck of the child, and so preventing a doublethickness of goods at the rear. In associating the parts of the blank topresent the bonnet shown in Fig. 3 the crown-flaps are first buttonedtogether and the drawing-string is threaded through the beading 14: ofthe back flaps and drawn to bring the edges of the flaps together thusforming the crown and sides of the bonnet, the drawing-strings 19 beingalso adjusted and tied, thus to cause the bonnet to fit around the neckof the child. The

" drawing-string 17 is then drawn tight and tied, causing the upperportion of the crown to present a ruflie 20, as shown in Fig. 3. Thislatter form of bonnet will be found highly ornamental in appearance andcomfortable in Wear, and owing to the provision of the drawing-stringsit may be adjusted to fit the heads of infants or of small children.When the bonnet is to be laundered, the drawing-strings are loosened orremoved and the crown-flaps unbuttoned, and the whole blank may beturned out perfectly flat.

The bonnets of both forms of embodiment of the invention are exceedinglysimple'in construction and easily and readily made and owing to thereadiness with which they may be laundered will be found to fill alongfelt want.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim isl. A bonnetcomprising a back flap, crownflaps secured thereto and having curvedinner edges, a drawing-string threaded through the two edges to causethe flaps to form a covering for the crown, a drawing-string associatedwith the upper portion of the back flap to produce a poke-bonnet effect,and a drawingstring associated with the lower portion of the back flapto cause it to conform to the neck of the wearer.

2. A bonnet comprising a back flap having its lower portion formed toconstitute crownflaps provided with means for connecting them,inward-curved back flaps associated with the crown-flaps,drawing-strings associated with the latter flaps, to effect theirassemblage, a drawing-string disposed back of the upper edge of the backflap to effect puckering to cause a poke-bonnet eifect, and adrawing-string associated with the lower portion of the back flap.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY ELENOR HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

J EANIE MOCREADIE, ADA E. N. HIGGINS.

